Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH v1] Add and report the new "in_hot_standby" GUCpseudo-variable.

On 3/22/17 14:09, Robert Haas wrote:
>> The opposite means primary.  I can flip the GUC name to "is_primary", if
>> that's clearer.
> Hmm, I don't find that clearer.  "hot standby" has a very specific
> meaning; "primary" isn't vague, but I would say it's less specific.

The problem I have is that there is already a GUC named "hot_standby",
which determines whether an instance is in hot (as opposed to warm?)
mode if it is a standby.  This is proposing to add a setting named
"in_hot_standby" which says nothing about the hotness, but something
about the standbyness.  Note that these are all in the same namespace.

I think we could use "in_recovery", which would be consistent with
existing naming.

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